claw sth back Значение & определение

Значение на claw sth back на български

• 0 to get possession of something again with difficulty:

  • The airline is beginning to claw back some of the business it lost after the bomb explosion.

  • We got a government grant for setting up our business, but they clawed it all back again in taxes.

• 1 if a share price claws back, or claws back a particular amount, it slowly increases after it has gone down:

  • The firm clawed back 15p of Monday's 60p decline to reach 397p.

  • The Mexican stock market clawed back from early losses.

• 2 if a government or company claws back money it has already paid, it takes it back:

  • Could it be that the present basic pension will be raised, only to be clawed back in tax from the better-off?

  • Policyholders voted to claw back the bonus income paid out to the directors last year

• 3 to succeed in getting back something that was taken from you:

  • The telecom giant clawed back market share from its top two competitors.

• 4 to offer investors who already own shares in a company the right to buy some of the shares that it has offered to new investors